"Hope you are as excited as we are about this news. Splash player will be back this year with totally new interface and features! Next version will include 4K support, exporting queue, extended subtitles support and more. Stay tuned!"

I'm excited, I hope will be worth this long wait. I'd like that new player keep the same hardware specs, at least for 720p/1080p files. I guess that some of the requests we've been posting along this years will be integrated in the new player.
I don't know if we will have to pay again, but this wouldn't be a deal breaker for me.
I hope the new version will be a success, so we keep getting more support, updates, new features and improvements. I'll spread the word!